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Opinion poll: Optimist readers support bans on gas powered leaf blowers

Here are the results of our latest online poll question
Staff Writer
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According to the motion approved by Vancouver’s council, small gasoline engines found in lawn mowers, leaf blowers and other garden equipment pollute at a higher rate than other equipment and vehicles.pexels/9143 images/Pixabay

The Optimist polled 475 Optimist readers and asked the question: Do you think Metro Vancouver should ban gas powered leaf blowers across the Lower Mainland?

The poll ran from March 1 to 8. Of the 475 votes, we can determine that 187 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

YES 57.22% local, 50.95% total    
NO 42.78% local, 49.05% total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Delta Optimist readers that are located in Ladner and or Tsawwassen. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.45%, 19 times out of 20.

Delta Optimist uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.